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Southall 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]

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EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS

TotalMaleFemaleComparative figures for 1936
Live Births—Legitimate776393383773
Illegitimate38162224
Stillbirths—Legitimate32211230
Illegitimate11
Deaths474244230424
Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated population15.7916.09
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births38.9536.27
* Crude death rate per 1,000 of the estimated population9.198.55
‡ Comparability factor1.141.14
* Comparable death rate10.479.74
Deaths from Puerperal Causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List) :
Deaths.Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births.
No. 29. Puerperal sepsis22.372.4
No. 30. Other puerperal causes__4.8
Total22.377.2
Death rate of infants under one year of age :—
All infants per 1,000 live births58.9666.49
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births52.8365.97
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births184.283.3
Deaths from cancer (all ages)7052
Deaths from measles (all ages)_1
Deaths from whooping cough (all ages)34
Deaths from diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years of age)104

* The estimated population includes the patients in the St. Bernard's Hospital whose
deaths however are not included in the rate. A more exact rate therefore could be obtained by
taking the population exclusive of patients in the St. Bernard's Hospital. The death rate on
this basis would be 9.72 and the comparable death rate would be 11.08.
J See Note 2 on page 12 of the report for 1934.
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